Hughes was memorialized today at a funeral service in his hometown of Macksvile, in New South Wales, where he grew up on a banana farm before he played cricket for South Australia, New South Wales and Australia.

Australian cricketers joined his family and politicians in a day of mourning for the young man lost suddenly on the cricket pitch. Australia is mourning alongside them for the Aussie cricket star taken too soon with a final score 63 not out.

Farewell Phillip Hughes

Sean Abbott hangs his head at Hughes' funeral. The cricket community has rallied around the young cricketer, who bowled the ball that hit Hughes.

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Regular Australians are grieving as they say goodbye to a great cricketer.

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Over the last week, Australians used the hastag #PutOutYourBats to pay tribute to Hughes. These 63 bats were on display at the Sydney Cricket Ground.

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Cricketer Sean Abbott is comforted at the funeral of Hughes.

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The family of Hughes hold each other up as they face saying goodbye to their beloved son.

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Australian cricketer David Warner shows his raw emotion, as he arrives at Hughes' funeral with fiancee Canice Falzon.

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A single bail sits on the ground at the Sydney Cricket Ground in rememberance of Phillip Hughes, before his funeral.

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Australian Test cricket captain Michael Clarke mourns the loss of his "little mate."

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Pallbearers carry the coffin as the small town of Macksville came to a standstill.

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"There are no words, just love."

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A single bat hangs as a tribute at the local cricket ground in Macksville, where Hughes grew up on a banana farm.

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Two Australians support each other as they say goodbye to their hero, whose final cricket score was 63 not out.

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